Celeste Gold Broughton

Celeste Gold Broughton (September 5, 1925 – March 6, 2022) was an American writer and socialite.

Broughton filed for bankruptcy and was involved in various court cases regarding her debt.

[3] Her mother was a poet and novelist who later worked as the managing editor of the Wilson Times.

Broughton's paternal grandfather, Pleasant Daniel Gold, founded the family publishing company, P.D.

[1] She grew up at the family home, a Georgian Revival mansion on West Nash Street.

[6][7] She reported on student life, college events, and local news including a 1994 Democratic youth rally for Franklin D. Roosevelt at Carnegie Hall.

[10] She later attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Graduate School of English.

[13][14] Celeste Gold Broughton died in Raleigh, North Carolina on March 6, 2022, at the age of 96.